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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2002
Joseph W. Higgins, Acton, MA (US);
John F. Ackerley, Framingham, MA (US);
Ryan S. O'connell, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Joseph W. Higgins, Acton, MA (US);
John F. Ackerley, Framingham, MA (US);
Ryan S. O'Connell, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Mechanisms and techniques operate in a computerized device to provide a network analyzer that identifies a useable network configuration in an existing network configuration. The network analyzer receives a preferred network configuration defining a preferred network topology and analyzes an existing network configuration to produce an existing network topology. The network analyzer then compares the preferred network topology to the existing network topology, for example using a graph matching technique, to identify a useable network configuration within the existing network configuration that most closely supports operation of the preferred network configuration.